Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (c. 41)

[F1 THE SCHEDULE E+W+S Definition of “relevant employer”

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. inserted (12.7.2007 for specified purposes) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), ss. 58(3), 70(2), Sch. 6; S.I. 2007/1991, art. 2(1)

Disregarded employers E+W+S

4 E+W+S A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Act applies if the disabled person's qualifying period of employment with him—

(a) did not exceed 5 years, and

(b) represents not more than 25% of the time during which the disabled person was employed in a prescribed occupation.]